SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
This Week’s Motivational Video: “Don’t Give Up” by Sesame Street and Bruno Mars
Morning Positive Affirmations Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_eeFkzH4w
Word of the Week: Resilient/Resilience (Click the words for definitions. Click here for an additional definition.)
How is RESILIENCE shown in each of the short video and story below:
“Beautiful Oops” by Barney Saltzberg
What doe RESILIENCE mean in your own words?
Write about a time when you showed RESILIENCE- a time when did not let a challenge or failure hold you back. Draw an illustration to match your writing.
MATH
PreK-K:
Review the value of numbers 11 and 12. (Click the numbers for a video on each.)
Write the numbers of the week (11 and 12). Draw a picture to show HOW MUCH each numeral is worth. (Example: 2** 7 $$$$$$$)
K-1st:
Solve the following:
10+1
5+6=
6+6=
7+4=
8+4=
6+6=
10+2=
Solve the addition puzzle by clicking here.
REVIEW & CONTINUED PRACTICE: Click here for and addition and here for subtraction worksheet. (Use homemade counters, like cereal or toys to help add and subtract. Start with simple addition worksheets and move on to the more complex worksheets. It’s okay if you don’t finish them all this week!!)
2nd - 3rd:
Show as many was as possible to make each number of the week. (For example: 11=5+6; 11=5X2+1)
Review multiplication facts for 6, 7, 8, and 9 times tables.
Practice multiplication facts for 11 and 12. (Click the number for a review.)
Math Games: https://www.abcya.com/games/math_bingo
LANGUAGE & READING
Letters of the Week: Gg and Yy
Gg has a soft and hard sound. Click each Gg for a video: Gg (giant), Gg (goat)
Click here for the letter Yy video.
PreK-K: Draw and label a picture of something that starts with the soft G, something that starts with the hard G, and something that begins with the letter Y.
Be on the look out for words that begin with Gg and Yy in your stories this week! Point out the words as you hear and see them.
1st: Find three items that begin with each of the letters of the week. Use them in a sentence. (Example: Ll is for lamp. Turn on the lamp.)
2nd - 3rd: Find three items that begin with each letter of the week. List three adjectives (describing words) for each item. Use one pair of words in a sentence. (Example: L is for light. My three adjectives are bright lamp, dim light, mysterious light. My sentences is: He was trying to find out where the mysterious light was coming from. ;)
Vowel of the Week: short “i” and y (as a vowel sound) (Click the letters for a video.)
Reading Focus: “HOW TO” BOOKS
Book of the Week: “How to Read a Story” by Kate Messner
Silly “How To’s”:
This Week’s Writing Focus: “How To” (1st - 3rd)
Use your writing to teach others how to do something you like to do or something you do well. Watch the instruction videos and follow each stage of the writing process. Below is a suggested calendar for each step, but feel free to write at a pace that works best for you.
Monday: Watch the Brainstorming Video and map out your ideas. Watch the introduction video and begin writing your introduction.
Tuesday: Watch the Steps Video. Write your steps.
Wednesday: Watch the Revision Video. Revise your work.
Thursday: Watch the Closing Video. Write your closing.
Friday: Share your writing with someone!
BREAK ACTIVITIES
Movement Break:
Banana, Banana Meatball - GoNoodle
Trolls: Can’t Stop The Feeling - GoNoodle
ART
This Week’s Art Project: “How to Draw Funny Popcorn”
SCIENCE CORNER
A special “Thank You” to the Auburn University College of Engineering for sending out science project ideas to alum families. Click the links below to see three different science projects that can easily be done at home.
SCIENCE PROJECTS courtesy of Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering:
“Homemade Play Dough”http://eng.auburn.edu/files/dev-science-recipe-cards-3
“Rainbow in a Glass” http://eng.auburn.edu/files/dev-science-recipe-cards-2
“How to Make a Volcano” http://eng.auburn.edu/files/dev-science-recipe-cards-1
“There’s science all around us!
Check out how families, from Alabama and Texas are using creative means of engaging their children in science lessons at home.”
SHARE YOUR WORK WITH THE CLASS!
Parents: I’d love to celebrate your child’s hard work! Feel free to share pictures of their hard work. Tag me @piecesofajm #communityclassroomw/ZoraBea I’ll pick one or two to post and celebrate!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
The Measured Mom: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/grab-our-free-short-i-worksheets/
Online Teaching Resources for Teachers and Families/ Common Sense Media: http://wideopenschool.org
Online Preschool by the Atlanta Speech School: https://www.coxcampus.org/onlinepreschool/
Atlanta Speech School Resources for children (birth to 5 years of age): www.coxcampus.org/talkreadplay
TeachersPayTeachers: (Downloadable/Printable resources) This is a great source for worksheets, lesson plans, center ideas, and more. Some items are free.
Common Core Standards (41 of the 50 states use these) The standards are a good baseline for what your child should learn in each subject and in each grade.
Reading A to Z - not free, but 14 day free trial (This allows you to access books on your child’s reading level as well as have access to corresponding comprehension/recall questions for each story.) https://www.readinga-z.com/
Reading Response Worksheets (Click the links and download FREE reading response forms):
SLAM - Reading response: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SLAM-Response-Guided-Reading-Response-163519
Fiction Reading Response Sheets: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Responses-153661
PreK/K Reading Response Sheets: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Response-Worksheet-Free-2266573
Reading Response Choice Boards: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Response-Choice-Boards-3216841
Sight word worksheets, games, and videos: https://www.education.com/resources/first-grade/sight-words/
